Satchel Paige Day 2

How do we face personal challenges?

I’ve added the words hostility and hardships to the map under social barriers

Discuss the question of the week with your partner What are some barriers people face to get to a goal? Tell about some things you might do to overcome hostility. How does it feel to face hardships? Have you ever endured a hardship?

Amazing Words Ambition- means a strong desire to succeed You need ambition to be a world class athlete like the jumper in the photograph or Jackie Robinson. Strive- means to work hard I strive to succeed on my math tests by studying hard for them.

Amazing Words Teach your partners what the amazing words mean

Use context clues to help you figure out what a word means.

A phrase or expression that has an accepted meaning outside the literal meaning of words. For example, when we say a job is “a piece of cake” we mean it can be done easily. It doesn’t have anything to do with cake.

In the story “Play Ball” I read that a great player has “a style that stands out”. What does “stands out” mean here? Does it have anything to do with standing? It means the style is better than or different from that of other players.

As we read Satchel Paige, be on the look out for idioms. Give me a thumbs up when you think you hear one in the reading.

In literary nonfiction authors usually tell about real people’s lives using sequence, or by arranging events in time order.

Lets look at “A Special League” on page 113. What dates do you see on this page? Are they listed in order? Why does the author include these dates? What other literary language helps you understand this sequence?

Our story this week is a biography. They are usually told in sequence because that is how life unfolds.

Let’s Read We are going to read “Play Ball”. One way we can understand words we don’t know is to use the antonym of the word to help us. With your partner, read Play Ball.

Confidence- firm belief in yourself Fastball- a pitch thrown at high speed with very little curve Teach your partner what these words mean.

Mocking- describes something done in a way that laughs at or makes fun of someone Outfield-part of the baseball field beyond the bases Teach your partner what these words mean

Unique- something that is only one of a kind or is rare or remarkable Weakness- a weak point or slight fault Windup- a swinging movement of the arms while twisting the body just before pitching the ball Teach your partner what these words mean.

Satchel Paige With your partner discuss: What makes a great baseball player? What makes a great baseball team? What kinds of challenges do baseball players and other athletes face?

Satchel Paige Fact or Opinion? Satchel Paige was once a semipro pitcher. Fact Satchel Paige’s slow ball seemed almost like magic. Opinion

Satchel Paige Should you expect this biography to have more facts or opinions? Why? Discuss with your partner…

Satchel Paige Which word in the second sentence on page 118 tells me that the statement might be an opinion? An opinion is what someone thinks, feels, or believes. It cannot be proved true or false.

Satchel Paige On page 121 the crowd tells Satchel to “give it to ‘em Satchel, show your stuff.” Does Satchel have any stuff with him on the mound ? What do you think that idiom means?

Satchel Paige Cause and Effect: Remember an effect tells what happened and a cause tells why it happened. Reread paragraph 2 on page 123 to understand the cause. What happened before the Negro Leagues were formed?

African Americans have played baseball since the sport began. This sentences is a complex sentence. It contains an independent and a dependent clause. The clauses are connected by the conjunction since.

Adding –ed, -ing This week we will use words that end with –ed and –ing

Decide admit qualify Add –ed to each word Decided Admitted qualified

Lets take a look at our Daily Fix it

Think about a person who is interesting to you. Write a news article about that person, giving details, facts, events, and quotations to describe their experiences and personality. Brainstorm in your notebook : Person what they did why they are interesting

Today in our small group time, work on your newsletter article.